After shifting careers into marketing, Amber Spears was handwriting copy and barely making ends meet. Then she was offered the company’s struggling affiliate department and 10% on whatever she brought in. Always a saleswoman at heart, she leaped at the chance.

Now Amber runs her own marketing companies, helping clients do over $150 million in business a year with her affiliate methods. She is the co-Founder of East 5th Avenue, Affiliate Accelerator, SPEARS Method, and the Mimosa Mastermind. She is also a highly sought after speaker, trainer, coach, and consultant.

Affiliate marketing might have had a bad rap, but times are changing. Listen in as Matt and Joe talk with Amber about what a great affiliate partnership looks like, the right way to split revenues, and why an affiliate network is a fast, stable way to grow a business. When you’re done, check out our conversations with Stephen Esketzis and Dan Brock for more affiliate marketing strategies.

“These kind of handshake deals are just not the proper way to do business, it's business with a small b, not a capital B.” -Amber Spears

Some Topics We Discussed Include:

Rules for picking great affiliate partners
How to stop wasting 75% of your time on admin tasks
The right way to split revenue with affiliates
Why it’s structured deals or no deal
Minimum numbers so you’re never swimming upstream
How to target traffic that’s actually affiliate traffic
What to do as soon as a campaign bombs
Recognizing affiliate leaks and plugging them up
Getting out of your comfort zone (and getting traffic!)
Outreach to get pushy but never be a jerk
A simple contest to quickly build an affiliate network
Where to find stable revenue for your product
Latest trends in effective affiliate marketing

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Macro Jabber with Joe - ChatGPT, January Effect & Macro Jabber in 2023